Transport
The most important way of freight transport between the Czech Republic and Sweden is road transport (truck). For some reasons air transport or container transport can be used.
There are several possibilities how to get to Sweden. The most frequent destinations are: Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Jönköping, Linköping. The transport companies use mainly the route:
Prague – Rostock (D) – Gedser (DK) – Copenhagen (DK) – Malmö (SE) and further in Sweden.
Some of the truck operators also use Polish port in Gdansk to reach Sweden.
The distances from the Czech Republic (Prague) to Sweden:
| City | Distance | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Malmö | 810 km | (via Rostock - ferry - Gedser - Copenhagen) |
| Malmö | 650 km | (via Rostock - ferry - Trelleborg) |
| Stockholm | 1500 km | (via Rostock - ferry - Gedser - Copenhagen) |
| Göteborg | 1072 km | (via Rostock - ferry - Gedser - Copenhagen) |
| Jönköping | 1120 km | (via Rostock - ferry - Gedser - Copenhagen) |
There are 2 ferry possibilities how to travel between Germany and Denmark:
- Puttgarden – Rødby (ferry operated by Scandlines - http://www.scandlines.de)
(duration: 45 minutes) - Rostock – Gedser (ferry operated by Scandlines - http://www.scandlines.de)
(duration: 1 hour 45 minutes)
Direct connection between Germany and Sweden:
- Rostock - Trelleborg (ferry operated by Scandlines - http://www.scandlines.de or TT-Line - http://www.ttline.se)
(duration: 6 hours)
There are 2 possibilities how to travel between Denmark and Sweden:
- Helsingør – Helsingborg (ferry operated by Scandlines – http://www.scandlines.de or HH Ferries - http://www.hhferries.se) (duration: 20 minutes)
- Bridge Copenhagen - Malmö (Øresundsbron – http://www.oeresundsbron.dk)
The prices for the bridge and ferry between Helsingør and Helsingborg are almost the same.
Main freight operators:
- Bohemia Cargo (http://www.bohemiacargo.cz)
- C.S. Cargo (http://www.cscargo.cz)
- DC SPED (http://www.dc-sped.cz)
- DSV Transport (http://www.dsv.com/cz)
- DHL Express (Czech Republic) (http://www.dhl.cz)
- Ewals Cargo Care, s.r.o. (Czech Republic) (http://www.ewals.cz)
- Schenker (http://www.schenker.cz)
- TTV spedice, s.r.o. (http://www.ttvtransport.cz)
- Austromar (http://www.austromar.cz) – FCL transport (container, shortsea)
Airlines operating the direct flights:
- Czech airlines (http://www.csa.se)
- SAS (http://www.sas.se)
- Sterling (http://www.sterling.dk) – low-cost airlines (no flights in wintertime)
- Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com) – low-cost airlines from Prague and Bratislava (Slovakia) to Stockholm Skavska airport
Bus (coach) connection between the Czech Republic and Sweden:
- Bohemian Lines (http://www.bohemianlines.cz)
- Student Agency (http://www.studentagency.cz)
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